CVHS Varsity Soccer
Our Athletes of the Week are the Castro Valley High School Girls and Boys Varsity Soccer teams, which advanced to the second round of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) North Coast Section (NCS) last Friday, February 21.
This past Friday, the Girls’ team won 4-1, defeating Freedom High School and keeping the quest for an NCS Title alive. The game was 0-0 at halftime, but Hailey Smith and Kiana Ayllon scored two goals within the first five minutes of the second half. Rainey Rinaldi added a third goal in the 68th minute and the fourth goal with one minute left.
Unfortunately, the Boys’ hopes for a title ended this past Friday. They lost 1-0 to Casa Grande High from Petaluma.
The Varsity Girls defeated Piner High School in Santa Rosa in the first round on penalty kicks. Senior goalkeeper Kate Pereur made two amazing penalty kick saves: one during the last two minutes of regulation time and the other during penalty kicks.
The Varsity Boys were victorious in the first round over Ygnacio Valley in Concord. The game was tied 1-1 at the end of regulation, but the Trojans scored in overtime. Dominic Bolender assisted with goals scored by Emilio Gutierrez and Ali El-Sheikh.
